Sentence examples for a striking attempt from inspiring English sources

It is also a striking attempt to shrink the space for public and intellectual debate.

But it was a striking attempt by the White House to distance itself from the Maliki government before September, when the president's troop buildup faces an intense review on Capitol Hill.

For the two Arab leaders, the interviews, shown on Channel Two tonight, were a striking attempt to express their perspectives before Israelis choose between Mr. Sharon and Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday of next week.

At the same time, the companies' tactics are a striking attempt to shift the old-fashioned way that most audiences have obtained their media into the wide-open digital maw.

"The Second Machine Age", by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson of MIT's Sloan School, is a striking attempt to grapple with the massive management change that will result from autonomous machines.But considering the resources that are devoted to thinking about management, it is remarkable how much virgin territory remains.

Yet this is neither a misunderstood masterpiece nor a wanton misstep – rather it is a striking attempt to tell an exotic story in a down-to-earth environment that deserves praise for its singularity of vision, even as it runs the risk of ridicule.

Behind them, however, lay an open, warm, and friendly disposition, and they embody a boldly striking attempt to rethink all Christian doctrine in consistently biblical terms.

His most striking attempt to assuage Asian anxieties occurred in Seoul, where he said he had no intention of invading or attacking North Korea, and expressed full support for President Kim Dae Jung's policy of negotiations with North Korea.

Yesterday, at opposite ends of the country, British politics witnessed two striking attempts to win back lost standing.

This game-theoretic analysis caused genuine consternation and fear on both sides during the Cold War, and is reputed to have produced some striking attempts at setting up strategic commitment devices.

There are seven fouls that may be punished by the referee with a direct free kick if the player is careless, reckless, or uses excessive force: kicking or attempting to kick an opponent tripping or attempting to trip an opponent jumping at an opponent charging an opponent striking or attempting to strike an opponent pushing an opponent tackling an opponent.